Posts in “Misc”

I get by in a few foreign languages (Spanish mostly, some Portuguese and French). People’s first response to this is “oh that sounds so hard” quickly followed by “I’m going to learn languageX next year”.

I’ve just got a new MSR Whisperlite International Stove, as I couldn’t find a replacement fuel bottle for my old Coleman petrol stove.

My first day at Google – a fish floated through the kitchen.

From the[ Wall Street Journal][1]:

MADRID—Weekend elections that threaten to drive Spain’s ruling Socialist party from power in several regions and cities also promise a potentially nasty surprise: the revelation of piles of undisclosed debt in local governments that could undercut the country’s drive to avoid an international bailout

I’ve noticed that most of the time I’m happy with ebooks/webpages for learning a new technology.

Oops, I’ve blown my iPhone data usage over Xmas/New Year. Was watching too much pr0n (aka [Brazilian Jiu Jitu competitions][1]).

My favourite geek show – Scrapheap Challenge – 6.30pm weekdays on ABC2.

Great film – “Four Lions”.

I’ve always wondered what recruitment agents use as their formula to convert between salaries and contract rates.

Last night I attended the second [cultural activity][1] of the [Cervantes Institute][2] – a Flamenco Guitar Masterclass put on by a giant of the flamenco world [Óscar Herrero][3], with the assistance of David Rasko and students from the [Sydney Spanish Guitar Studio][4].

The Spanish Language Institute ([Instituto Cervantes][1]) has just opened in [Sydney][2].

Another year, another [Sydney Film Festival][1].

An article in today’s SMH – [Ditch the Hummer, here comes the PUMA][1] – along with a jaunty photo of metrosexual darting through traffic.

This financial crisis is forcing companies to make tough decisions, there is a risk that we might need to lay off Andre.

“RailCorp is threatening a Sydney man with legal action after he created an iPhone application that allows people to monitor timetables for Sydney trains and ferries.” – from today’s [SMH][1].

[Happy news][1] from today’s Sydney Morning Herald:

*The Government’s plan to introduce mandatory internet censorship has effectively been scuttled,

a documentary about copyright and culture by Andreas Johsen, Ralf Christensen and Henrik Moltke

Some cool photos of American Vagabonds [here.][1] Here’s a sample photo:

An interesting [article][1] from [ScienceDaily][2]: